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It was about the possibility that West Hills brothers Jim and Randy Wolf, both in the minor leagues at the time, could one day be together in the big leagues as umpire and pitcher.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Cardellini: That’s what Steve told me when I asked, “How’d you land on the umpire thing?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

As the umpire called the winning point, Alexandra Eala collapsed to the ground in tears - knowing her country had been with her for every step of the tournament.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Following an appeal to the umpire, the wicket was given.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

When the runners were moving up, the fans let the umpire have it for that.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

“There were umpires in the Valley who trembled at the thought of being behind home plate with McDowell on the mound,” I wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Two days after his incident with Santana, Caballero was called for a pitch-clock violation when umpires deemed that he was attempting to circumvent the rules by deceiving the pitcher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

He has drawn increased scrutiny from umpires and even the league office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

There were no umpires and tournaments were run by people who worked in rehab: "They weren't tennis people so nobody even really knew the rules."

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

"Everything went wrong. She shouted at the umpires, cheered in the wrong places, and then she actually threw the foam baseball onto the playing field."

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Interested in majoring in sports medicine or exercise science, Kennedy is on Santa Margarita’s Varsity Leadership Counsel and has umpired and worked with young players on their mechanics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025

Despite being in the MLB for 34 seasons, he had not worked a World Series game since 2005, nor umpired a league championship series since 2016.

From BBC ● May 28, 2024

Tichenor umpired his first big league game in 2007 and joined the full-time staff in 2012.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

West called his first big league game in 1976 and broke Bill Klem’s record for most games umpired when he worked his 5,376th regular-season game last May.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2021

When Gale umpired away from the Natchez grounds his close decisions always favored the other team, rather than his own.

From The Redheaded Outfield by Zane Grey

Both eventually made it big in the big leagues, Jim still umpiring after 27 years and Randy pitching for 16 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

For umpiring recreational-league baseball in Bel Air, Md., Howell gets $40 a game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Former England and Yorkshire cricketer Ryan Sidebottom said Bird was so committed to Yorkshire cricket that he would be on the pitch even for county matches he wasn't umpiring.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2025

Since then, only a handful of women, including Pam Postema and Ria Cortesio, reached high levels of baseball umpiring minor league games, but none worked the majors.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025

With the lieutenant "umpiring" from the little wireless room of the tractor, Joe and Frank "stood" Jerry and Slim, and from a distance of a hundred feet apart the battle began.

From The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service by James R. [pseud.] Driscoll